Goodspeed Cemetery

St. Armand, Essex County, New York

This cemetery was compiled April 1976 by a member of the Saranac Lake Genealogical & Historical Society and entered by Ralph W. Bennett.

It was verified and photographed by Joyce M. Ranieri & Dorothy Horan on 8 September 2001.

This cemetery is also known as Currier Cemetery.

ARNOLD
William Ralph Son of Norman T. & Ann ARNOLD Died Mar. 21, 1886 Aged 16 Yrs 1 Mo 19 Ds.
NOTE: There is an inscription on the side which is illegible due to erosion.

CURRIER
Alfred W. 1887 - 1978
Gertrude 1886 - 1971
Alfred W. and Gertrude
Lie here in the land they held so dear,
In them the trees rejoice,
And of them, animals have no fear.

GOODSPEED
Augustus GOODSPEED Born Oct. 9, 1833 Died Jan. 6, 1892 A member of Co D 17 Regt. Vermont Volunteers
One by one earth's ties are broken
As we see our love decay
And the hopes so fondly cherished
Brighten but to pass away.

GOODSPEED
Infant Son of Augustus & Rebecca F. GOODSPEED Died July 21, 1856

GOODSPEED
Gone but not forgotten Elias GOODSPEED Died Apr 9, 1870 AE 89 Yrs. A veteran of the war of 1812 Our Father

GOODSPEED
Lucinda Wife of Elias GOODSPEED Died May 5, 1854 AE 76 yrs.
Thus much - and 'tis enough to know,
Saints are completely blest;
Have done with sin, and care, and woe
And with their Savoiur rest.
(NOTE: This stone is lying flat on the ground.)

WATSON
George S. Son of S. & M. WATSON Died April 9, 1860 AE 1 y'r 1 m'o & 24 d's.
They are going ever going,
Leaving many a lonley (sic) spot,
But tis Jesus who has called them
Suffer and forbid them not.

"Alfred W. Currier Jan. 17 1978 @ 90 years. Under the terms of his will, the Goodspeed Cemetery, which was a part of his property in Franklin Falls, the cemetery is closed."